zygomaticus
/ˌzaɪ.ɡəˈmæt.ək.əs/noun
zygomaticus is a noun meaning “One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygomatic bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Z-Y-G-O-M-A-T-I-C-U-S and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of zygomaticus is zygomatici.
What does zygomaticus mean?
noun
- 1
One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygomatic bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce zygomaticus?
- US /ˌzaɪ.ɡəˈmæt.ək.əs/
Zygomaticus has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of zygomaticus
- zygomatici plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is zygomaticus?
Zygomaticus appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Zygomaticus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense muscle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | zigomático |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does zygomaticus come from?
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin zygomaticus, clipping of mūsculus zygomaticus (“zygomatic muscle”). Doublet of zygomatic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).